Beginners Qn re Downloads

[plsanders]

I'm new to this as you can probably tell!

I want the user to enter their eMail address before they can download a windows executable file from my site.

I have discovered how to make sure they enter something in the eMail field:

if ($email = "") {
echo("Please enter your eMail address.");
}
else {

My problem is how to start the download here if they have entered their details.

I have seen a number of bits of code which seem to generate headers but when I try them the browser complains that it has already received a header for the page.

All help gratefully received.

Paul

[[deleted]]

Okay, assuming your file is located at http://www.yourdomain.com/secretfile.exe,

do this:

if($email == "") {
print "Please enter a valid e-mail address";
}
else {
Header("Location: http://www.yourdomain.com/secretfile.exe");
}

Of course it will be better if you use a variable to store the path of the windows exe.

-sridhar

[plsanders]

Thats great - it worked first time.

Thanks a lot.

Paul